נִינְוֵהNîynᵉvêh

proper name [of a location]: Nineveh, capital of Assyria (Genesis 10:11; Genesis 10:12; 2 Kings 19:36; Isaiah 37:37; Nahum 1:1)

Pronunciation: nee-nev-ay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5210

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:11 From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
  • Genesis 10:12 and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).
  • 2 Kings 19:36 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
  • Isaiah 37:37 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
  • Jonah 1:2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”
  • Jonah 3:2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).